PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Personality Psychology, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Scientific Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

Document Summary

Ancient rome actors from plays wore masks to show different personas so the audience could know what they were feeling and their attitudes/ behaviours. Personality did not emerge till 18th century. Sampson (1989)- modern idea of a real person (over 200 years old) Personality psychology field includes the theoretical and experimental work of psychopathology and applied work of clinical and counseling psych. Hard to define personality psych; depend on psychologists academic orientation. Ultimate goal of science = theory of development. Personality psychology and other social science are currently headed in direction for theoretical agreement like chemistry and physics. Strategies- the major theoretical orientations to personality psych; have been important for scientific work on personality (are 4 broad fundamental strategies) Shared assumptions and a focus area on personality is what links together the strategies but still have some differences. Strategies bring together common things but differ in how and to what extent each of the issues is addressed.